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No. 439,831. Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

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GILBERT E. BOGART AND GEORGE L. BOGART, OF SOUTH NORVVALK, CON-NEOTIGUT.

BLACKlNG-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,831, dated November4, 1890.

' Application filed May 26, 1890. Serial No. 353,117. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: catch 4, which may be a spring-bolt, hook,Be it known that we, GILBERT E. BOGART or latch of any sort, but ispreferably selfand GEORGE L.BOGART, citizens of the United acting. Uponthe outer face of the door is States, residing at South Norwalk, in thepivoted a swinging rest 5. The cross-piece 6 5 county of Fail-field andState of Connecticut, of the restis provided with trunnions 7, whichhave invented certain new and useful Imengage brackets 8, secured to theouter face provements in Blacking-Cabinets; and we do of the door, andthe brackets are provided hereby declare the following to be afull,clear, with stop-plates 8, which are adapted to be and exactdescription of the invention, such engaged by lugs 9 on the cross-pieceto stop 6o :0 as will enable others skilled in the art to the outwardmovement of the rest when the which it appertains to make and use thedoor is let down to the open position, as is same. clearlyshown in Fig.6. The swinging rest Our invention has for its object to produce may ofcourse be of any suitable ornamental a blacking-cabinet which shall besimple and construction, and is preferably provided at 15 inexpensive tomanufacture, compact, adapt-- its lower ends with bearing-pieces 10,which ed to be rigidly fixed in position upon a wall, rest upon thefloor when the cabinet is in the and which when closed shall. beentirely out open position. of the way. It will of course be unders oodthat the With these ends in View we have devised cabinet should beplaced just high enough 20 the novel wall-cabinet, of which thefollowupon the wall so that in the open position the ing description, inconnection with the accombearing-pieces will rest upon the floor,leavpanying drawings, is aspecification,numbers ing the door insubstantiallya horizontal pobeing used to denote the several parts.sition, as shown in Fig. 6. Upon the inner Figure 1 is a perspective ofthe cabinet side of the door, so as to be in convenient po- 25 in theopen position; Fig. 2, a perspective sition for use when the door is inthe open posishowing the cabinet in closed position; Fig. tion, we placea foot-rest 11, and within the 3, a side elevation, on an enlargedscale, of cabinet near the bottom thereof we provide the swingingblacking-holder and the plate a hook 12, upon which to hangadauber, andto which it is pivoted, the parts being in the a suitable spring-catch13, with which to hold 30 open position and the back of the cabinet thepolishing-brush in place, as is clearly showing in section; Fig. 4, asimilar view shown in Fig. 1. showing the parts in the closed position,both Upon the back of the cabinet we place a views illustrating themanner in which a box plate 14, having cars 14, to which are pivoted ofblacking is held; Fig. 5, a plan View of the a swinging blacking-holder1-5, the plate and 3 5 holder, the box of blacking being removed; holderbeing so located in the'cabinetthat the and Fig. 6 is a partial sideelevation showing holder will fold up readilywithin it when the the doorand swinging rest in the open posidoor is closed, as indicated in Fig.4. This tion. holderconsists of asuitable plate, upon which 1 denotesthe cabinet, which may be made the box of blacking rests, and which ispro- 40 of metal or wood, but is ordinarily made of vided at its edge inthe usual manner with wood, and is adapted to be secured in place lugs16, against which the box of blacking upon the wall by screws or boltspassing rests. In order that any of the various-sized through holes incars 2 at the top and bottom. boxes of blacking may be grasped and heldThe outer face of the cabinet consists of a firmly by the holder, weprovide a slide 17, 5 5 door 3,which is providedwithinternal hingesengaging ways 18, which is adapted to be at the bottom, as shown in Fig.1, the door moved up against the side of the box to clamp when closedpreferably passing within the it firmly, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and4. sides, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2, leaving The slide is providedwith a slot 19, and asetthe outer surface of the door flush with thescrew 20 passing through this slot engages the 50 side pieces of thecabinet. The door is fastholder itself and locks the slide firmly inpoened in the closed position by any suitable sition after adjustment.This set-screw may 1 and 6.

be either a thumb-screw, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, or may be aslotted headed screw, as in Fig. 1. At the inner end of holder weprovide a downwardly-extending projection 21, which in the open positionis adapted to engage plate 14, (see Fig. 3,) and upon the plate itselfwe also preferably form a lug 22, which is engaged by the top of theholder itself when it reaches the horizontal position, as is clearlyshown in Fig. 1. We thus provide a double support and stop for theholder when in the open position,so that it will rest firmly in use andalso avoid danger of breakage should it drop suddenly to the openposition.

The operation is as follows: Supposing that it is desired to use thecabinet, the operator simply releases catch 4 and allows the door todrop down to the open position,as in Figs. This leaves the doorinahorizontal position, so that the foot-rest is in convenient position foruse. As the door is dropped down, the blacking-holder also drops bygravity from the position shown in Fig. 4 to that shown in Figsl and 3,so as to be in convenient position for use. As already stated, weprovide a double stop for the holder, so that it rests firmly in theopen position, at the same time avoiding all danger of breakage shouldthe door be opened suddenly. The dauber and the polishiug brush are bothheld in the cabinet in convenient position for use. After using, theoperator replaces the polish-- ing-brush and dauber and simply closesthe door, the door itself acting to pick up the blacking-holder andcarry that also to the closed position as in Fig. at. As soon as thedoor has reached the closed position, it is locked there by catch 4,which is preferably made self-acting.

The cabinet is made deep enough in practice to just receive the dauber,polishingbrush, foot-rest, and blacking-holder easily and withoutcrowding. It will be observed that the space is ample, so that eitherthick or thin boxes of blacking may be used with equal convenience, andalso that by means of the slide any ordinary-sized boxes may be graspedand held firmly upon the holder by the slide, this feature addinggreatly to the convenience of the device in use.

Having thus described our invention, we claim A blacking-cabinet closedat the front by a door-hinge at the bottom and having on its inner sideat the back a hinged blackingholder, which, when the door is closed,folds within the cabinet and when the door is opened drops to horizontalposition and extends outside the cabinet and below the blacking-holder,a hook to hold a dauber, and a spring-catch to hold a polishing-brush,the door having upon its inner side a foot-rest and upon its outer sidea swinging rest, which sup ports the door and the foot-rest in the openposition.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

GILBERT E. BOGART. GEORGE L. BOGART. Witnesses:

A. M. WOOSTER, ARLEY I. MUNSON.

